Re: Adding and removing images to/from gift

> this is one of the weak points of inverted files, you normally need to 
> regenerate them if you add images. Large systems often have one large 
> inverted file and a small one that is used to add images. Every once 
> in a while the new large inverted file is generated by adding those of 
> the small one. This saves time for trhe regeneration as small files 
> are much faster to build.
> This has not yet been done with gidt but would be interesting to see.
> Of course, you do not need to re-extract the features of the existing 
> images again.
Hi Henning,

thank you for that resumee. Does this apply to deleting images as well ? 
Currently I still scratch my head about HOW
I merge the "small inverted file" with the big one. Or can I use both 
together in conjunction within the same collection ?

>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> after fiddling with the gift server and  add-collection I got the 
>> first results. That is very good.
>> But, after "initializing" the collection with add-collection I would 
>> like to know if it is possible
>> to add single images afterwards ( I already have an indexing workflow 
>> for meta-elements, primary
>> colors etc ) without the neccessity to run the whole indexer again.
>>
>> Also, what do I have to do when I want to delete images from my 
>> collection on the filesystem ?
>